Yoga Certificate Instructors

Laura Cornell

Laura Cornell, PhD, is an experienced, empathic Yoga scholar and teacher. Her areas of specialization include the history and philosophy of Yoga, women in Yoga, and eco-philosophy in Yoga. Read Laura Cornell's full bio>>

Chase Bossart

Chase Bossart is a long-time private student of Mr. TKV Desikachar and a KHYF certified Yoga Teacher Trainer. Read Chase Bossart's full bio>>

Kate Holcombe

Kate Holcombe is a Yoga Teacher, and founder and executive director of Healing Yoga Foundation (HYF) in San Francisco. Read Kate Holcombe's full bio>>

Scott Blossom

Scott Blossom is a traditional Chinese medical practitioner, Shadow Yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic consultant. He has studied yoga for over 18 years and taught for 12 years. Read Scott Blossom's full bio>>

Christopher Key Chapple

Christopher Key Chapple, PhD, is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he directs the Yoga Studies programs. Read Christopher Key Chapple's full bio>>

Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan, PhD, is the cochair of the Asian and Comparative Studies program at CIIS. Read Jim Ryan's full bio>>

Sally Durgananda Kempton

Sally Durgananda Kempton, a former swami in a vedic order, is an internationally recognized teacher of meditation and tantric wisdom. Read Sally Durgananda Kempton's full bio>>

Carlos Pomeda

Carlos Pomeda has over 35 years of experience, including 18 years as a monk of the Sarasvati order. He spent nine of those years in India, in the Siddha Yoga Ashram. Read Carlos Pomeda's full bio>>

Gary Kraftsow

Gary Kraftsow, MA, began his study of yoga in India with TKV Desikachar in 1974, and has been a pioneer in the transmission of yoga for health, healing, and personal transformation in the United States for over 30 years. Read Gary Kraftsow's full bio>>